§ Mr. CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what estimate he has made of the number of people whom it will be necessary to recruit for teacher training in 1997–98 for the proper future staffing of schools. [4031]
§ Ms Estelle MorrisThe targets for recruitment for teacher training in 1997–98, which were published in November 1996, are shown in the following table. Targets for future years will be reviewed in the autumn.
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Initial teacher training intake targets in England 1997–98 Subject Number Mathematics 2,250 English 1,950 Drama 200 Science 3,300 Modern Languages 2,650 Technology 3,200 History 900 Geography 900 Physical Education 1,550 Art 950 Music 600 Religious Education 700 Other 350 Total secondary 19,500 Total primary 11,000
§ Mr. CoakerTo ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment how many people were recruited for teacher training in all main subject areas in each of the last five years; and what are the projected figures for the 1997–98 academic year. [4030]
Initial teacher training actual intake in each subject area since 1992 England only 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 Primary 16,658 15,775 13,743 13,603 12,465 Secondary Maths 1,699 1,790 1,950 1,795 1,653 English 1,368 1,483 1,829 1,877 2,093 Science 2,148 2,397 2,918 2,794 2,937 Languages 1,384 1,550 1,789 1,790 1,720 Technology 2,216 2,160 2,133 1,854 1,963 History 598 680 927 872 937 Geography 474 600 636 696 842 PE 1,153 1,084 1,309 1,311 1,384 Art 579 704 754 818 904 Music 422 461 490 548 507 RE 353 368 448 494 647 Other 457 415 327 378 378 All Secondary 12,849 13,689 15,509 15,226 15,965 Total 29,507 29,464 29,252 28,829 28,430 From 1993–94 includes School Centred Initial Teacher Training (SC1TT). English includes Drama.
Technology includes Business Studies and Home Economics.
Other includes Classics, Economics and Social Sciences.
Source:
1992–93 to 1993–94 DfE Recruitment Survey, 1994–95 HESES, 1995–96 to 1996–97 TTA Survey of ITT Providers.